Public radio podcast features CT Sea Grant’s Concepcion

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Anoushka Conception, aquaculture extension educator for Connecticut Sea Grant, holds up a ribbon of wild kelp from Long Island Sound. Wild kelp provides the source tissue for kelp grown in offshore farms.
Anoushka Conception, aquaculture extension educator for Connecticut Sea Grant, holds up a ribbon of wild kelp from Long Island Sound. Wild kelp provides the source tissue for kelp grown in offshore farms. Photo: Tessa Getchis/Connecticut Sea Grant

Anoushka Concepcion, aquaculture extension specialist with Connecticut Sea Grant, is interviewed by WHYY public radio station Reporter Alan Yu for an episode of the podcast, “The Ocean and Us.” The episode, which aired on May 3 and is titled “Is Kelp the New Kale? It Was Supposed to Be” explores both the promise and obstacles to growth of kelp farming in the United States. Listen to the podcast and read the accompanying article here. The article is also posted on WNPR.org.

This kelp was harvested from an underwater farm in Groton in 2018.
This kelp was harvested from an underwater farm in Groton in 2018. Photo: Judy Benson/ Connecticut Sea Grant